Cold War Southeast Asia
By: edited by Malcom H. Murfett
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Editions; Marshall Cavendish Corp.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Singapore; Tarrytown, N.Y., USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9789814382144
Subjects: Politics and government; Cold War
Description: As World War II came to an end, a period of distrust settled over the world. Southeast Asia was no different. The spectre of Communism stalked the stage. The threat of a global nuclear war hung thick in the air. The struggle for domination between the Americans and the Russians came up against the burgeoning nationalism of the liberated states. In this highly combustible climate, what was to emerge?
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 344-360) and index.
Table of contents: title: The origins of the Cold War in Southeast Asia, the case of Vietnam / Ang Cheng Guan; title: The communist insurgency in Malaysia, 1948-1989, was it due to the Cold War? / Cheah Boon Kheng; title: The Philippines during the Cold War, searching for security guarantees and appropriate foreign policies, 1946-1986 / Ricardo T. Jose; title: Alphabet soup and nuclear war, SEATO, China and the Cold War in Southeast Asia / Brian P. Farrell; title: The Cold War and the making of Singapore / Tan Tai Yong; title: Thailand and the secret war in Laos / Sutayut Osornprasop; title: The fate of neutralism in Cambodia and Laos / Bruce Lockhart; title: Before the quagmire, the US Army and Southeast Asia / Brian M. Linn; title: What's in it for us? Rethinking the British defence commitment to Singapore and Malaysia from Macmillan to Wilson / Malcolm H. Murfett; title: Beneficiary of the Cold War, Soeharto and the 'New Order' in Indonesia, 1966-1990; title: The Cold War in hindsight, local realities and the limits of global power / Merle C. Ricklefs.